By Molly Beauchemin on July 3, 2014 at 9:53 p.m. EDT

Six of Nick Drake's "pristine" unheard recordings from 1968 will go up for auction on July 31st at London's Ted Owen & Company, the New York Times reports. According to Rolling Stone, the recordings are "pristine master tapes" previously owned by Beverley Martyn, a folk singer who mentored Drake alongside her late husband John Martyn. According to a company representative, the tapes are expected to sell for at least £250,000 ($428,000 USD).

By Jenn Pelly on June 18, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. EDT

Challenge of the Future: "You Can't Call Off the Dog" (via SoundCloud)

Prior to playing guitar in Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nick Zinner was a photography student at New York's Bard College, where his other band, Challenge of the Future, began. Last year, Zinner and his Challenge bandmates reunited for a benefit show to raise money for the daughter of Sebastian Quezada, their former Bard classmate who unexpectedly passed away in late 2011.